The FCC doesn't buy AT&T's claim that the merger would create jobs, YouTube's HTML5 player goes high quality, and Live TV on the Xbox is coming on December 6th.
- The FCC Rules Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger: The Federal Communication Commission has found that the merger would not be in the public's best interest, and the matter may be sent to a hearing under a federal judge. [MacWorld]
- YouTube gets 1080p Playback from some HTML5 Videos: You can watch some of YouTube's videos in an improved HTML5 player that allows for full screen 1080p playback. [Electronista]
- New Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Goes Live on December 6th: In addition to Live TV streaming and a Metro-style redesign, the new Xbox Dashboard will integrate with Facebook and allow you to access your Xbox LIVE profile from any console. [WinRumors]
- Amazon's Silk Web Browser Speeds Tested: The Silk browser on the Kindle Fire uses less bandwidth, but it is slower to load pages unless you disable the "accelerated page loading" in the browser's settings. [AnandTech]
- More Google Services Get Shutdown Dates: Several more of the Google Labs services that are being spun-down, like Google Wave and Google Friend Connect, get definitive off-line dates. [Official Google Blog]
- Windows Computers Will Get Their Own Kinect Hardware in 2012: The motion tracking and voice recognition hardware for Xbox 360 will get a new Windows version that will allow users to sit much closer to the sensors. [Kinect for Windows Blog]
- Google News Displays Stories Your Contacts Have +1'd: The new Spotlight section in Google News will display the stories that your contacts have shared or +1'd. [Google News Blog]
